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"Go already."
In one quick movement, Zack booted the thin door open. Splinters of tinder dry wood fluttered in the air. He disappeared inside and Sadie heard him suck in a gasp and blow out a loud curse. A beam of sunlight entered the doorway and lit the specks of dust in the air around Zack, but he blocked her view to what was beyond his frame.
Sadie hurried into the building, elbowing Zack aside. Her eyes took a few seconds to adjust to the dim interior. The smell hit her first. A peculiar, and pungent, barnyard scent. Her bewildered gaze went first to Zack's face, then zoomed in on what had captured his look of horror and disgust. On the opposite side of the ten-by-ten space was a makeshift workbench and on it lay the body of a goat. The animal had been eviscerated. It lay on its side, its thick, pale tongue protruding between lifeless lips.
